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Show GET SQUARE MEAL WITH RUM How a Newspaper "Ad" Emptied Food Cellars in German Town. Amsterdam. Holland. The burgomaster burgo-master of Arnsberg, Westphalia. Cer-mnny. Cer-mnny. having failed in all em'-avors to Induce the tanners of the neighborhood neighbor-hood to bring in supplies, placed this advertisement In the local pap'-r as a final hope: "This municipality will buv nil arl- cultural products for cash at government govern-ment prices. Every person who delivers deliv-ers 100 pounds of bread grain or 300 pounds of potatoes will receive a ticket entitling him to buy a bottle of brandy or rum at reduced prices from the municipal cellars." Within 24 hours the cellars were ompt and the residents of Arnsberg enjoyed the first square meal they had hail for weeks. |